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LEa1sLAr1v PROCEEDINGS.


What Was Dono In tho Senate and House on
Monday. Il e
Spocia! Correspondence Of The Ielligencer' es ,sts
CHARLESTON. W. Va, Feb. l5.-In the
Senate Monday President Price (Mr. Ok.
ley in the Chair presented Senate bill No.
152 to amend the charter OF the town Of
Piedmont, by adding thereto a new Sec
ton. Mr. McCallister presented Senate
bill los, to amend the charter Of the to Hn
Of Huntington. The reference Of both
bills was dispensed with.
The President laid before the Senate a
communication from the National Board
Of Trade and the National Grange, Patrons
Of Husbandry, in reference to Worlds
Exposition to be held at Washington, D,
O., in 1892, in honor Of the four.hundredth
anniversary Of the discovery OF this cont.
nent, which was referred to the Commit.
tee on Federal Relations. (,
House Joint Resolution No. 10 author.
izing the County Court Of Marion county
to put into immediate operation the All.
ternate road law, Mr.. Hagans' Joint reso.
luton in reference to the Canadian fish.
cries troubles and the Senate Rstaliatory
bill, came up, and on motion of Mr..
Flournoy was referred to the Committee
on Militia. IL g : AZ. !.
The Joint Assembly, the Prohibitory
bill and preliminary readings Of bills con.
sumed most Of the remainder OF the days.
session. ,t,sl *
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TIE base ball business, at least, is q
thriving industry. Boston buys Kelly
from Chicago for $4,000, gives Kelly q
bonus of $4,000 for pin money and pays
him $1,000 a year salary. Boston had Of
iered $500 for our own Glasscock, but
tho powers that De refused to let one club
have all the good thinga.
The League permits player to receive
no moro than $1,000 a year, but he may
Bell anything he owns to anybody willing
to buy, and 80 Boston gives Kelly $4,000
Tor his photograph, certainly the highest
price ever paid for a aspecimen Of the pho.
tographer's art. Allegheny gave Sam
Barkley, another Wheeling artist, 5000 for
apair Of old shoes, an antiquated hat, or
something Of equal value. The League
restriction does not restrict. In these
days 10 be successful base ball player is
bettCr than to hold four kings against a
straight flush. :, 5',--E
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Fossils Found.

PRINCETON, N. j., Feb. 15.-The many
specimens Of fossils, the result Of the e1-
cavations in the Bad Lands Of the West
by Princeton's scientific expedition Of last
summer, have nearly all been mounted
by Professor Scott and DR.. Hill, and put
in their appropriate places in the
museums in North College and the ecien-
ti6c Building. They form most yalua.
BILE contribution to Princeton's already
large collections Of skeletons. Perhaps
the most recent contribution in this line
Is the skeleton Of large elk found in
Warren county, Of this State, and pre-
sented to the college by graduate, the
Rev. A. A. Haines. It Is the most per
feet specimen Of the kind preserved in
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LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. l5.-William A.
Wilson, prominent member Of the Ian.
caster bar, committed suicide this morn
ing by shooting himself in the head. He
was 4S years old, and was a leading Mason.
He had beon in i'll health for some time.
which 80 preyed on his mind that It be.
came unbalanced. His vile is DR.. Mary
E. Wileon, Lancaster's leading lady physI.
clan. Wilson was a graduate Of the Mil.
lersvllle State Normal School, and was
admitted to practice in the year 1865, In
1858 and 1854 he was in the Quartermas.
ter's Department in the Army OF tho Cum
berland. he took an active interes. in
politics, and was q member OF Councils
and the School Board for number Of
years. IfI6 =
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Slate Qunrrymen's Strike.

BELvIDERE, N. j., Feb. ia strike 10
in progreas in Bangor, Pa. The East Ban.
gor Consolidated Slate Company Ia sbnt
down, tho men having all gone out on
ntrike for moro wages. and the company is
suffering aevore loss by reason OF unfu.
filled contracts. The strike, it is feared,
may extend to other quarries. Bangor, in
northampton county, is in the centre OF
the slate region. Out OF total Of about
$500 persons engaged in that business in
the state Of Pennsylvania, over l,5O0 are
in Northampton county, the remainder
being distributed in the counties of Le.
nigh, York and Philadelphia. The strikers
claim that on account OF loss OF time, from
bad weather and other causes, their waceg
will not average much more than five dol
lara week the year around. They are in
enforced idleness from two to three
months out Of the twelve.
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A MODERN MUSCuAUsEN,
Ho Works or an Old Hoax md u New L
About Thomas A. Ellison

Ho Works or an Old Hoax md "a Now Lie
About Thomas A. Edison.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The Washington
Post yesterday printed what purported to
be a two.column interview with Thomas
A. Edison on an alleged new electric
machine called "nubricator," with which
the veteran inventor, as 1t seemed, was
about to revolutionize all existing meth.
ods Of food production. An alb.
stract Of this was published in the World
to-day. Inquiry shows that the whole
thing was hoax. The alleged interview
is nothing but a reprint OF q list Of April
articles published in the New York
Graphic in 1878. The Graphic article
ended with paragraph in which 1t is
made plain that the interview is only an
imaginary one. The writer In the Wash.
iington Post simply took the body Of the
bnrlesque word for word, aud ran
it in with a timely note OF Mr.. Edison's
journey last week to Florida. b
Along with the supposed interview. a
ehort article was printed on Mr.. Elison's
health. He was said to be completely
broken down with the lung trouble, from
which he could not recover. His return
from Florida was thought unlikely. Hints
were thrown out even that the inventor
was temporarily deranged. Friends Of
Mr.. Edison in town were much exercised
to-day about these rumors. President
johnson, Of tha Edison Electric Light
Company, who stands in closer 1ela-
tions, perhaps, with Mr.. Edison than any
other man, said that the report as to MI.
Edison's health was entirely without
foundation. He had an attack OF pleurisy
in December, and was dangerously i'll for
week or two. a recent examination by
Or. Loomis showed, however, that his
lungs we're sound. He was able to attend
to business by the end OF January, and
last week be started for his Florida
farm at Palatka. This pleurisy had
disappeared 80 far that it was
thought unnecessary by Dra. Loomia
and Chabourne, hia physicians, to have a
medical attendant sent South with him.
Mr.. Edison was suffering from an ahcess
on one arm, produced by 30 many hyper
dermic injections and the inflammation
which followed them. Otherwise he was
in good health. A telegram was received
from to-day, in which he said that he was
getting along well.
AS 10 his arrangement, nothing could
be more absurd. He was kept engaged
with all sorts OF business matters I'D to the
day OF bis starting for Florida. Mr.. John.
son had never known the inventors mind
to be clearer or keener than it was last
week. .f.s-5.'7 Il. 8-fs' -, : =
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T. Is 1T NI,NIUNS.
Tho Fur Robbcr:-A Man Arrested who
Tells n Thin Tale,

Tho Fur Robbcr:-A Man lirrcsted who
Tells n Thin Tale.
PirTsBuRdH, Pa, Feb. 15.-About mid.
night man entered saloon on Wylie
avenue and asked the proprietor to allow
him to stay all night, and offered SIS for the
privilege. He was in an intoxicated
condition and the saloon keeper refused
him. He said his name was Harry Nc.
Mum, the fur robber, who was rescued
from the officers at Ravenna. Being told
second time he could not remain, be left
the saloon. Detective Fred Hert entered
the saloon moment later. Being
informed of the occurrence be started in
pureuit and captured him few blocks
away and took him to the Central Station,
On his way to jail he told the detective
his name was McMunn, and said he lived
at 49S Abbsy street, Cleveland.
He left Cleveland last January. He
came here from Akron, Ohio, Yesterday
morning. He claims to be q boatmsker
by trade. His description tailies exactly
with that already given of McMunn,
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PROHIBITION AGAIN.
THE HOUSE BILL IN TIE SENATE.
II 1s'IleId Lllo Club Over tho Heads OF
Those Who VIII Not voto for the Con.
y stltutlonal Amend IN cnt-Ths House
snubbed by tho Senate.
sptelal pl.paleA % he In.slliaeu.tt.


CHARLESTON, Feb. 15.-The Prohibitory
bill came up again this afternoon in the
Senate. Mr.. Gsttinger's substitute was
rejected with all other amendments offer.
ed. Mr.. Flournoy proposed an exception
allowing manufacturers to sell to persons
outside Of the State. isg, fe
/, Judge Maxwell pointed out that II the
amendment were not made the bill would
prohibit the manufacture by indirection
and was therefore unconstitutional. This
amendment Is still pending.
Mr.. Scott called for tho announcement
Of the vote on the Prohibitory Amendment
to the Constitution. Mr.. Dawson moved
to further postpone till Thursday ut 10 A.
NJ, which was done. This is tho fifth
postponement.r t+r N =
Those who favor submission arc mere.
ly welding House Bill SO as club to COM
pol ils opponents to vote for the Constitu.
tional amendment. IL,
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TWO BALLOTS TAKEN
ron SENATOR YESTERDAY.
Ono Camden han breaks From the Fold,
The Washington Conference.-The IL. OF
l., Protest Against the Re.Eicc.
tlpn OF Senator Camden.
Special Dispaieh to The Iuiellige.eer

Special Dispateh 10 The Iatslligeaetr.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. l5.-Eyery
member Of tho joint assembly but Dele.
gate Kincaid was present to-day, making
90 votes. The vote resulted: J. N. Cam.
den, 3s; Edwin Maxwell, 3s; D. D. Lucas,
0; F. II. Pierpont, |; James F. Brown, 1;
L. s. Newman, |; Oksy johnson, /; B.
W. Price, l.
Mr.. Scot. moved that the assembly pro.
ceed to take another ballot. Mr.. Lucas
asked him 10 withdraw the motion long
enough to present a petition. This was
done and Mr.. Lucas read the petition OF
the labor assemblies Of Charleston. He
then renewed the motion to take sec.
ond ballot. Mr.. Peck asked to havo the
petition road by the clerk, but Mr..
Sweeney objected. The ballot resulted
Maxwell, 80; Camden, 81; Lucas, Z;
David E. Johnston, 3; 0key johnson, 2;
William A. Quarter, l +; Pierpont, l New.
man, /. Judge Maxwell cast the votes
for Pierpont on both ballots. On the sec.
ond ballot Reynolds, OF Mercer, left Cam.
den for whom ho has voted all along, and
gave his vote to David L. Johnston. Nj.
Hagans moved that the joint assembly do
now dissolve, which prevailed. To.mor.
row the Republicans and Greenbackers
will vote for Ex-Governor Plerpont.
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A DELEGATE sNUBBED
by the sonnto-nesolutIons Passed by tho

by the sounte-Resolutions Passed by tho
House.
Special Di.pdtch TO the fnieilieener.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. l5.-A ripple
Of excitement was occasioned in the House
to-day by Capt. Chipley rising and declar.
ing that the House had been insulted by
the Senate, and asking that his words be
entered on the journal. Tonight Mr..
Hagans offered the following which yas
agreed to, and which tells the story:
WHEREAS, The Speaker OF tho House
this day directed Hon. John ]. Chipley, q
member, to csrry TO the Senate message,
and 59 IF5,s;5l n =
WHEREAS, Said Chipley has reported to
the House that the Senate refused, and
declined to receive the message and bill,
therefore, tt'Af7E-3 ~
Resolved, That this House cannot ignore
the action Of the Senate as aforesaid and
this House is compelled to declare that
tho action Of the Senate is gross breach
OF courtesy and Of joint rule No. u! and
has tendency to destroy tho respect and
harmony which should be eacredly pre-.
aerved in all intercourse between the two
houses, and which the House would like
to believe to be susceptible il a salts.
factory explanation be made. I7.
a copy was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
The explanation given by Senators is
that they were in Committee OF tho Whole,
and Senator Carr objected to the reception
OF the meseage. 1t is customary to receive
messages at such times and enter them on
the journal.
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INSANE HOSPITAL.

Tho Investigation of the Institution-lIhlt
Called on Further Legislation. q
Special Dispatch TO The Intlligac9.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Feb. l5.-Preai.
dent Price Of the Senate tonight received
the following:
WEsToS, W. Va, Feb. Is.
Hon. George E. Price, President Of the Senate:
We transmit to the Speaker of the
House to-day o partial report and joint
resolution which we think ought to pass.
Act promptly and notify mo by telegram.
Have written letter to Lucas, Chew, and
Chipley, jointly, which see. We all deem
1t OF the utmost importance that We DO
authorized to make our final report to the
Governor after the close OF the present
session, and that no further Liquidation be
had this session, except that suggested in
our printed report. We think we will be
able to make recommendations that will
avoid the necessity OF a new hospital.
The committee have been unanimous
thus far on all questions; are all fair and
impartial and are working for the good OF
the hospital, the unfortunate people in it
and the people Of the State. We will
make every effort to make our final re-.
port to the present session, but may fail.
JOSEPH SrRIod,
Chairman OF the Committee.
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Fatal Boiler Explosion.

ST.. LOUIS, Feb. ia special from
Springfield, No., says: News was received
to-day Of a'destructive explosion which
occurred Friday at shingle mill nine
miles south Of Cabool. The boiler e1.
ploded with terrific force and pieces Of it
were hurled a -dis.ancs Of 100 yards.
Thomas Smallwood, aged 70 years, was
killed outright. His son George and two
men named Crane were aeriously If not
fatally injured. ~
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rsad twice and passed. It Is O hill to pro.
tect coal miners, by requiring all coal to
be weighed at the mine. F5-I..|I. tT7

reau twice and passed. It is o BILL to pro.
tect coal miners, by requiring all coal to
be weighed at the mine. ~ r't1[
At the night session Mr., YeaVer pre-.
sented House Bill No. 394, to refund to
Pocahontas county certain monies paid
over by tho Commissioner oi School Lands
In that county. 1--WE. n :
Messrs. Hiner, Byrne and Bowers were
added by the Speaker to tho Joint Com.
mittee on Enrolled Bills. ....
House Bill 1853, trading portion oil the
Concord Normal School grounds for part
Of the NJ. i, church South property ad.
Joining. l69, enlarging the powers and
duties Of mayors Of incorporated towns In
roterence to sale oiliquor on election day;
lG7, amending the law concerning magls.
terial districts In tho different counties;
l44, which provides that the game law
shall not apply to deer killed by the own.
ers olsny premises especially set apart for
the protection and propagation Of game,
within tho boundaries thereof, and max.
Ing similar provision with reference to
the lsh low, were passed. Also House
Bill US, which amends the law govern.
Ing the letting to contract Of convict labor
as follows: Go5Fs.
When q bid is accepted and labor award.
cd to bidder, the directors, on the part
Of the State, and the bidder shall enter
into contract in pursuance OF the bid,
and such bidder shall produce bond to
be- executed to the BatiBiaction Of the
board, conditioned for the faithful per-
tormnnco Of the contract on his part, a
blank, form Of which contract and bond
shall be deposited and remain with the
clerk for inspection during the time Of the
advertisement; and said directors may
alter or modify or discontinue, with the
consent Of the other contracting party, any
contract made by them for the hiring or
letting Of convicts, under this chapter.
Also House. Bill l25, extending the
time in which distrsint and sale may be
made for taxes. TtII =,
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Duffy Given Up.

New YoRE, Feb. l5.-Ex.Alderman
Duffy who turned informer on his COL
leagues in the combine OF tho Doodle
board OF aldermen was to-day surrendered
at the District Attorneys office by ono Of
his hondsmen. The man who relieved
himself Of tho responsibility is Robert
Boyd, contractor, who was on DuGy's
bond tor S25 COO Duffy was placed in the
custody OF detective Sergeant Reilly while
his friends sought after other security.
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INTERSTATE CO,s1ERCE.
Judge Maxwelps Resolutions OF Instruct

Judge Maxwelps Resolutions OF Instructio
to Our Members In Congress. s9,
Special DitpGtch to The intelligence. H..
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. 15.-Follow
ing is tho text Of Judge Ma18ells Senate
Joint Resolution No. IS, inpt.ucting ou,
Senators and requesting our Representa-
tives in Congress to uae their best efforts
for the passage Of an act to give relief in
certain caaes not embraced in the "Act to
Regulate Commerce ssf
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court by q
Judgment pronounced in October, 1876
held that State could regulate the fare
and freight to be charged by railway
company upon the transportation OF per.
cons and property carried within the
State or taken up outside the State and
brought within it, or taken up inside and
carried without, until Congress ehould
legislate for those without the State and
WHEREAS, Many OF the States heve
passed laws conforming to eaid judgment
OF the Supreme Court since the same was
pronounced, under which many rights
have accrued; and
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court by a
judgment pronounced in October, 1885,
has reversed its ssid former judgment; and
WHEREAS, Congress has passed an act
TO regulate Interstate commerce, entitled
" An Act to Regulate Commerce." which
has been approved by tho President,
therefore :
ReSolred by the Legislature of IVES. Tir.
gtnid, That our Senators be instructed and
our Representatives In Congress request
cd to use their best efforts for the passage
OF an act declaring that any and all acts
heretofore passed by any Stats Legisla.
ture imposing forfeiture5, fines, penalties
or other liabilities on the common car.
riers embraced in the said act to regulate
commerce, for and on account Of fare or
freight on peraons or property, shall be
from the timea Of their passage respect.
lively as effective and binding as il such
acts had been passed by Congress, and
that any person who has sued or who may
sue on account of any violation OF any Of
such acts committed on or before the day
on which the said act to regulate com.
merce shall take effect, ehall have the
right to maintain his suit in the State
court Of the State from which the ship.
ment was made in respect 10 which the
violation complained Of occurred; and no
such suit shall be removed into any Cir.
cult Court Of the United States, and any
suit which may have been heretofore OF
may be hereafter removed into such
United States Court shall be without mo.
ton Immediately remanded to the court
from which 1t was removed.
The members continue to throw in local
bills. Every such, bill means vote to ex-
tend the session, for only nine working
days remain, and il every bill on the calen-
dar were on it's third reading they could
not all be engrossed and passed in that
time. The number Of bills in the House
has reached 1926, and in the Senate 49, 4,
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KNIGHTS OF LABOR PROTEST.

Against tho Election of Camden to the
United States Senate.
Special Dipatcs to The Inte.ligencT.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. l5.-Follow-
ing is the text OF tho memorial read by
Mr.. Lucas in joint session sa
SANCTUARY OF CAPITAL CRY ASSEMBLY,
No. Gl94 KNIGHTS OF LABOR,
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. 70.
At a regular meeting OF Capital Assem-.
bly, No. 6l94 held Friday night, February
Il, 1887, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Monopoly is seemingly de.
tarmined to succeed in its efforts to thwart
the people Of voice in the selection OF a
United States Senator and elect the arch
monopolist Of the State, johnson N. Cam
den, to the office against the expressed
and voiced sentiments OF tue people, and
WHEREAS, We look with alarm to tho
steady and stealthy approach Of monopoly
as it is daily stealing away the vested
rights Of tho people and building up an
aristocracy OF riches, based on commercial
crime and endeavoring to establish house
OF lords in the United States Senate, which
will be accomplished just as soon as the
land passes into the hands OF tho few rs it
is very rapidly doing, and viewing with
the greatest corcern the determined effort
tha. is being made by Camden and the
Standard Oil Company to re.elecs him,
Therefore be il Resolred, BY the Capital
City Assembly No. 6, l94, Knights Of Labor
that We extend to the members Of our
Legislature who oppose Camien's election
10 succeed himself as the United States
Senator from this State our heartfelt
thanks and comlnendation for the honest
and manly stand they have taken in de-
fense Of the rights Of the people and for
constitutional law against robbery, jobbery
and monopoly. ss,.s
Further be Il resolved. Ths. We bid them
God.speed in the good work thus begun,
and express the hope that they will stay
until tho end OF the session and 90 home
without making any selection before they
will vote for the candidate Of the most
soulless and corrupt organization on earth {;
and whilst We hope the anti.boodle mem.
bers may continue to do their duty, we
promise to stand by them and aid them by
every means in our power in putting down
the gang of political plunderers that has
infested our State 30 long, and we petition
the joint assembly to carry out our views.
w. A. GILLILAND, NJ. W.
THOMAS SwINDURN, RS. ii
Dickinson Assembly No. 27S5, Knights of
Labor, Peabody, ". Va:
We fully endorse the above sentiments
and express the same hope that the anti
monopoly members may never vote for
Camden or any other monopolist Of what
ever type. IN
WILLIAM WOODBURY., NJ. W. f,
I. ]. MASON, r. s.
Some OF the members expreaa an opin-
ion that il Mr.. Lucag read all this paper
he was guilty Of disrespect to the House,
while il he did not, he palmed off on the
Assembly garbled document. His voice
was not audible all over the hall.
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1sS'r Delegate Gleason beginning to fesl
altttle uncomfortable in his place? He
was elected as representative Of the or.
gaaizad labor Of Ohio county, which il
almos! to man opposed to Mr.. Camden
Now the Knights OF Labor Of Charleston
are reaolv!ng against Mr.. Camden and
those who support him, and their lesolu'
tions are sharp.pointed. All this should
be embarrassing for Mr.. Gleason,
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BURKE,s BONANZA.
IMMORAL Beds In Honduras Granted to Major
-. burke, of Now Orlanns, - -

Mineral Beds In Honduras Granted to Major
Burke, Of Now Orlenns.
TEGucldALPA, HONDURAS, Feb. 15.-
Congress confirmed, on Saturday, the con.
tracts and concessions made by President
Bogran and the Council OF Ministers to
E. A. Burke, Of New Orleans, in septem-
Der last, for $50 miles in running length
and 12O square miles Of mineral bearing
territory, including the beds, bars and
banks OF the rivers Guyape and Jalan
(eaid to be the two richest gold.
rivers in the famous Olancho district),
with exemptions from import and export
duty, and the free use OF Government
woods and waters, all in perpetuity.
Major Burke contracts to furnish funds
to construct and equip an agricultural and
mechanical college and industrial school